Pocket check and pass book carrier



. 1,500,713 L. N. MOWRY ET AL POCKET CHECK AND PASS BOOK CARRIER FiledJuly 7, 1923 M/yeowe 6';

atented July 8, 1924.

LLOYD 1v. MOWRY'AND EDWARD LOVIG, or s'r. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.

POCKET CHECK AND Application filed July 7,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LLOYD N. MOWRY and EDWARD Lovro, citizens of theUnited States, residing at St. Petersburg, in the county of Pinellas andState of Florida, have invented certain new and useful l1nprovements inPocket Check andl Pass Book Carriers, of which the following is aspecification.

In carrying out the present invention, it is our purpose to provide ahighly novel and useful form of carrier for check and pass books whereinthe same may be carried together in a compact manner by bank de-'positors, etc.

The primary object of the invention resides in the provision of such acarrier, wherein novel means is provided for the carrying of thecheckbook for permitting the same to be fully extended for providing asupport for the checks during the writing of the same.

A still further object is to provide such a'carrier wherein means isprovided for scarifying the check after the same has been written forthereby lessening the liability of the checks being raised. Yet anotherobject is to provide such an article that isso simple of coiistructionand inexpensive of manufacture that the same may be given away bybanking institutions and the like for advertising purposes.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understoodwhen the following detailed description is read inconnection with theaccompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction,combination, and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawing forming part of this application, like numerals. ofvreference in dicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our novel check and pass book carrier,the movable walls of the same beingshown as extended, and H ,.1;

Figure 2 is a similar view of the carrier in its closed condition.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary cross section of the casing taken upon theline 3-3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4C is an enlarged cross section of the check scarifying means,that forms an essential part ofthe present invention.

Having particular reference to the draw- PASS BOOK CARRIER.

1923. serial Ned-150,065.

any desirable material and open at one end.

Within this receptacle is a partition wall 6 spaced a slight distanceaway from the top wall of thereceptacle for according a compart-ment 7for the reception of a pass book. However, in the future practice of theinvention, this receptacle may be made without such a compartment, inthis instance, it being only necessary to make minor changes'in theother parts of the device.

The outer end of this partition 6 is notched at 8, whereby the pass bookmay be readily withdrawn from the said compartment. 1

Adjacent one side of the receptacle 5, the end walls thereof areprovided interiorly with aligned longitudinal channels 9, the oppositeends of which terminate slightly inwardly of the opposite ends of thereceptacle. Projecting into these channels 9 and freely movable thereinare right angularly extending pins 10 formed upon the inner end of aplate '11, the length of which is slightly lesser than the length of thereceptacle. -Hingedly connected to the free end of said plate 11 andflush therewith when the device is extended, is a narrow plate insert12, to which is also hingedly secured at the opposite'edge thereof, theinner end of a plate 13 of dimensions substantially similar to those ofthe before mentioned plate 11.

Upon the outer edge of the plate 18 is an inwardly directedopen sidedhousing 14 of slightly lesser length than the width of the plate, thetop and bottom walls of which are slotted adjacent their outer ends at15. Within this housing 14, and at its inner side is a vertical roller16, the opposite ends thereof carrying pintles for projection throughopenings in the top and bottom walls of the housing, said roller beingformed of suitable material for cooperation with a milled .roller forscarifying a check. Freely movable within the slots 15 of the housingare pintles carried by the opposite ends of a milled roller 17,thelength of these pintles being such as to project through the slots 15and engage within openings of the top and bottom walls of an elongated Ubracket 25. As more clearly shown in Figure l, the top and bottom wallsof this bracket engage over the similar walls of the housing 14, and areslidab-ly secured thereto by relatively long rivets 26 that engagethrough the slots 15 of the housing 14..

Asa means for maintaining this bracket in the outwardly extendedposition shown in Figure 4:, as well as maintaining the milled roller 17in slightly spaced relation to the roller 16, a spring 27 isprovidedbetweenthe outer side of the housing 14; and the inner adaptedfor projection into notches 19 upon the ends of the side walls of thereceptacle 5 when the plates 11 and 13 arefoldedupon eaoh and moved intothe receptacle.

In actual practice, a check book is to be engaged at its bound endwithin a pocket 20 carried by the inner face of the plate'll,

the check book being-then extended upon the plates 11 and 13, and passedbeneath inwardly directed pins 21 carried by the said ears 18 of theplate insert 12. The

outer end of this check book terminates at a- ,point slightly distantfrom the roller carrying housing 14:, and after the checkbook has beenproperly positioned upon the plates 11 and 13, the same may befolded andmoved into the receptacle, it being noted in this connection that theend walls of the re ceptacle are provided internally withadditionalchannels 22 at the inner side of the partition wall 6, the front endsthereofterminatingat the open end of the receptacle for receiving theopposite edges of the plate 13. V

For fully closing the open end of the receptacle 5, the plate insert 12is formed with an offset flange 23, that extends parallel with saidplate insert, and is adapted for overlg ing the end of the compartment 7when the plates 11 and 13 are properly positioned within the receptaclein a manner clearly shown in Figure 2. It is obvious however, thatshould this receptacle 5 be manufactured without the said compartment 7this be filled in. When one of the checks have been filled in, it istorn from the book and positioned at its outer end between the bracket'25 will move the milled roller 17 in elos'e proximity to the roller 16whereby a further movement of the check between the rollerswillefiectively'scarify the'same for purposes above set forth.

From the foregoing, it will be obvious that We have provided a highlyuseful form of novelty that'may be given away by banking lnstitutionswhereby the pass and cheek books of its depositors may be carriedthereby 111 acompaot manner, and even though we have herein shown anddescribed the pre ferred embodiment of the present invention,

it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may bemade'therein, without departing from the spirit and seope of theinvention as claimed.

Having thus described our invention, what 1 we claim, as new, and desireters Patent, 'is':'- V

r 1. In a carrier for pass nd checkbooks, an open ended receptacle, apair of separated and hingedly joined plates mounted for free to secureby"Letsliding movement within the receptacle, and

means carried by said; plates for supporting a check book ineither'openediorv closed position, F 7 i 2. Ina carrier for passand'check-books, a receptacle, a plate member mounted for slidingmovement within said receptacle',; another plate member separated fromand hingedly secured to, said first mentioned plate member and havingfree slidingmovementwithin the receptacle whenfolded to a positionparallel with said first mentioned plate member, and means carried bysaid .plate members for supporting a check-book.

3. In a carrier for pass and check books, a receptacle, a plate membermounted for sliding movement within said receptacle, another platemember separated from and hingedly secured to said first mentioned platemember and also mounted for 'free sliding movement within the receptaclewhen folded to a position parallel with said first mentioned platemember, and means carried by said plate members for supporting a vcheckbook, the hinged connection between.

said plate members afi'ording'a closure for the open end of thereceptacle when said plate members are folded and extended within thereceptacle.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures.

" LLOYD N. MQWRY.

DWARD LOVIG.

